Sans serif · Bastien Sozeau
Panamera
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CSSfont-family: 'Panamera', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Panamera is a free sans serif by Bastien Sozeau, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Panamera has an x-height shorter than 86%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 93%. Its thickest strokes are 1.6 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Lil Grotesk
Panamera on one light table with its two closest fonts, Lil Grotesk (84 out of 100) and Cabinet Grotesk (79). Lil Grotesk is 14% heavier and 3% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Cabinet Grotesk is 10% heavier and 4% narrower, with less stroke contrast.
Panamera and Lil Grotesk laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with PanameraLil Grotesk…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Panamera alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Panamera in 6 weights
6 weights, 100–900
- 100 Thin
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 700 Bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Panamera, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Bastien Sozeau
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 6 weights, 100–900
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Panamera is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Panamera comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Panamera, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Panamera under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Panamera, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 47.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 32%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.58 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 86% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkLighter than 93% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 93% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Panamera
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Lil Grotesk84less stroke contrast · 14% heavier · 3% narrower
- Cabinet Grotesk79less stroke contrast · 10% heavier · 4% narrower
- Satoshi7817% heavier · less stroke contrast
- General Sans78x-height 12% taller · less stroke contrast · 9% heavier
- CMU Bright787% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Julius Sans One75x-height 38% taller · 24% wider · 44% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Panamera →Compare side by side →Get Panamera on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Panamera without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Zen Kaku Gothic New75text 2.9% narrower · x-height 1.5% taller
- Wix Madefor Display68text 2.4% wider · x-height 4.2% taller
- Wix Madefor Text66text 2.7% wider · x-height 4.2% taller
- Garcia65text 0.6% narrower · x-height 2.5% shorter
- Red Hat Text62text 2.1% narrower · x-height 3.4% taller
- Gantari62text 1.5% wider · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Panamera loads, this sets Arial in its place at 102.6% of its size, so running text keeps Panamera’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Panamera Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 102.60%;
ascent-override: 90.65%;
descent-override: 26.80%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Panamera', 'Panamera Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Panamera
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Panamera free for commercial use?
Yes. Panamera is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Panamera?
Panamera comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Panamera in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Panamera comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Panamera have?
Panamera comes in six weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900).
Who designed Panamera?
Panamera was designed by Bastien Sozeau. Bastien Sozeau also made Young Serif, Beon, Formera and three more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Panamera?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Lil Grotesk (84), Cabinet Grotesk (79) and Satoshi (78), out of 100. Next to Panamera, Lil Grotesk is 14% heavier and 3% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Panamera.